The Marine Museum at Fall River is a cultural gem and contains a wealth of Fall River Maritime History especially Steam Ship and Titanic memorabilia. Discover the art, books, models and many treasures the Marine Museum holds. This is a must see
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The Marine Museum at Fall River is a cultural gem and contains a wealth of Fall River Maritime History especially Steam Ship and Titanic memorabilia. Discover the art, books, models and many treasures the Marine Museum holds. This is a must see resource for landlubbers and mariners alike.

Carol Gafford is a public librarian, family historian, amateur archivist and book savior. She is currently the youth services/outreach librarian at the Swansea Public Library and volunteers for several museum and historical societies including the Marine Museum at Fall River, the Swansea Historical Society and the Bristol Historical and Preservation society. She is the editor of Past Times, the Massachusetts Society of Genealogists and is always looking for a new project to take on.

Capt. Richard Wollaston was given a shining spot in history by Puritan William Bradford, whose History of Plymouth Plantation (1620-1647) described the European adventurer as a founder of Quincy. Flash forward. Was Wollaston, whose name is all over the city, really a former pirate who never got off the ship in 1625 along the Quincy shore and left his men to head for Virginia? A walk on the "challenging history" side . . .

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The Quincy Park Department's Environmental Treasures Program explored the mystery of Captain Wollaston Saturday and also visited Caddy Park on Quiincy Shore Drive where, in 1999, significant Native American tools were found during playgrounds construction at Caddy Park. Maggi Brown of the state department of Conservation and Recreation, told the story of the "huge" archaeological find.

Dr. Edward Fitzgerald, executive director of the Quincy Historical Society, used terms like "rascal" and "pirate" for Wollaston and suggested the first explorers to the American colonies were not the highest minded or super ethical folks.

The Environmental Treasures walks are always interesting good fun, thanks to Sally Owen and her many contacts.